Uninterrupted until the BBC goes off air, so from 3pm until around 6pm. It still bugs me that Sky do this when the viewers have a choice of where to watch but when they're your only option they choose to offer comparatively sub-par coverage.
It also depends what the rights holder specifies. With The Open, Sky have agreed only 5 minutes of adverts per hour, so much less than normal.
In Jenson's case, given the apparent odds of his car packing up again today, perhaps they should set aside a spare mic for him this weekend! Actually isn't that basically how Martin Brundle started in TV?
I'd rather not have been right about this, but 17 laps the entire weekend and now the car's been fenced off in the garage Go get a mic, someone!
I just get a 'Loading' photo with a white outline of a box top left, it does nothing else. Then I have to power off the box as it cant even go back to the channel.
But disappointed that Martin was all friendly and happy with the Crown Prince of Bahrain, I mean I wouldn't expect him to mention all the names of the journalists that they've imprisoned for reporting the news! Although I would have love him to have mentioned it, I know he probably wouldn't. But being all friendly was a bit off putting.
But good features from both today, nice discussion on the BBC about the future of F1, whilst the last year recap on Sky was great.
It also depends what the rights holder specifies. With The Open, Sky have agreed only 5 minutes of adverts per hour, so much less than normal.
Golf is a good example of what I'm saying in fact. On Thursday & Friday during The Masters Sky are limited in the adverts they can take but they make full use of what the contract allows. However on Saturday & Sunday when the BBC share live coverage, Sky reduce their use of adverts noticeably. Again it shows contempt for the viewer while they expect us to be grateful for their 'commitment to better coverage' which is actually just Sky covering themselves.
It's a shame Sky don't have 5.1 sound on the red button main feed especially now that they don't offer the streams on the Sky website, it means deciding between surround sound or additional streams. The BBC feeds fulfill the criteria this weekend but it's an inconvenience for the other 10 races where that's not an option.
I must mention that Rachel has proved to be infinitely better than Natalie in every way. Not looking forward to Piinkham's return in Europe.
First time I have ever tried using it on my tablet and it was randomly jumping from this lap to that earlier lap back to some other lap. It is not always that bad then?
Live timing was an utter joke today. It's been working really well all weekend with the most recent update and then everything just broke after lap 1. They should start giving the fans small refunds now that the free trial is over, but obviously there's no chance of that happening.
Glad FOM didn't use the wirecam again at the start. They weren't too bad today apart from the silly amount of pointless spectator shots in the early stages.
Live timing was an utter joke today. It's been working really well all weekend with the most recent update and then everything just broke after lap 1. They should start giving the fans small refunds now that the free trial is over, but obviously there's no chance of that happening.
Glad FOM didn't use the wirecam again at the start. They weren't too bad today apart from the silly amount of pointless spectator shots in the early stages.
The terms & conditions for F1 Access, which all subscribers have accepted, clearly state (It's in ALL CAPS for emphasis) that no refunds will be given to users under any circumstances.
The terms & conditions for F1 Access, which all subscribers have accepted, clearly state (It's in ALL CAPS for emphasis) that no refunds will be given to users under any circumstances.
The terms & conditions for F1 Access, which all subscribers have accepted, clearly state (It's in ALL CAPS for emphasis) that no refunds will be given to users under any circumstances.
So if it didn't work at all for the rest of the season noone would be entitled to a refund? Doubt it
Live timing was an utter joke today. It's been working really well all weekend with the most recent update and then everything just broke after lap 1. They should start giving the fans small refunds now that the free trial is over, but obviously there's no chance of that happening.
Glad FOM didn't use the wirecam again at the start. They weren't too bad today apart from the silly amount of pointless spectator shots in the early stages.
It's not like the timing app is new technology, after several years they still can't get it to work properly. And how do I gain access to the F1 site if I bought the app from google play? 4 races in this season are gone and that still is not working. The creators of this app are ordinary thieves if you ask me.
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It also depends what the rights holder specifies. With The Open, Sky have agreed only 5 minutes of adverts per hour, so much less than normal.
I'd rather not have been right about this, but 17 laps the entire weekend and now the car's been fenced off in the garage
Red button working fine here
I just get a 'Loading' photo with a white outline of a box top left, it does nothing else. Then I have to power off the box as it cant even go back to the channel.
But good features from both today, nice discussion on the BBC about the future of F1, whilst the last year recap on Sky was great.
It's a shame Sky don't have 5.1 sound on the red button main feed especially now that they don't offer the streams on the Sky website, it means deciding between surround sound or additional streams. The BBC feeds fulfill the criteria this weekend but it's an inconvenience for the other 10 races where that's not an option.
I must mention that Rachel has proved to be infinitely better than Natalie in every way. Not looking forward to Piinkham's return in Europe.
BBC Sport website works but a bit of a delay.
No mic, but JB's commentating the race on his twitter.
Glad FOM didn't use the wirecam again at the start. They weren't too bad today apart from the silly amount of pointless spectator shots in the early stages.
No shit sherlock
The terms & conditions for F1 Access, which all subscribers have accepted, clearly state (It's in ALL CAPS for emphasis) that no refunds will be given to users under any circumstances.
The legality of that is questionable.
So if it didn't work at all for the rest of the season noone would be entitled to a refund? Doubt it
It's not like the timing app is new technology, after several years they still can't get it to work properly. And how do I gain access to the F1 site if I bought the app from google play? 4 races in this season are gone and that still is not working. The creators of this app are ordinary thieves if you ask me.